Reinhard Tartler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 1/18/06, Bill Allombert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > As pointed out several times, the source package in the ubuntu archive >> > is NOT different to the source package in the debian archive. The >> > binary package have been rebuilt in an different environment, which >> > can caus different dependencies on the resulting binary package. >> >> Yes, this is the definition of a no changes rebuild-only upload. >> >> What I asked was precisely that such upload should be versionned >> nevertheless. Debian version binNMU even while there is no source >> changes. > > Oh. There might be a misunderstanding: No binary package is taken from > debian, only source packages. This means that EVERY package is being > rebuilt in ubuntu on buildds, including arch: all packages. The output > of apt-cache shows the field 'Origin' to indicate that this is not a > package built on debian systems. > > If I understand your proposal correctly, you propose to introduce > binNMU like versioning on ALL nondiverged packages (again, the source > package is identical!). This seem not feasible because of practical > problems.
What exactly are these practical problems? I don't see how Ubuntu had no problem solving the problem of rebuilding *all* Debian packages, but can't automate making some simple changes to the package before the build. -- Captain Logic is not steering this tugboat. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
